Building a detached house in an Upper Bavarian town near the Isar requires a certain amount of adaptation to the traditional country house style. The Munich architects Goldstein succeeded in combining this with a modern design language on a plot in Icking in the south of Munich. The clients - a young couple with three small children - wanted a modern interpretation of the local country house with a typical flat pitched roof, but without the small windows that once let little light into the interior. In their place is a 14-meter-long, floor-to-ceiling glass front with sliding doors to the south and east of the building facing the terrace and garden. Almost the entire first floor has an open floor plan: a large room of 80 m² with a light gray natural stone floor and a fireplace positioned in the middle serves as a cooking, dining and living area. Only the house entrance and the staircase to the upper floor delimit this living landscape on the west side. A curved path made of granite slabs leads from the flat garage building up the slightly hilly plot to the house. The boulders found during the excavation have found a new place in the garden. The lady of the house, herself a passionate gardener, has created borders with ornamental plants as well as beds for useful plants in the appropriate places in the garden. Inside, a single-flight oak staircase leads to the upper bedrooms with three children's bedrooms and a children's bathroom, as well as the east-facing master bedroom and master bathroom with a balcony in front. All floors on the upper floor are made of hand-planed oak planks. The rooms, which are open up to the roof, reach a height of up to four meters. The skylight integrated into the roof also provides brightness and a feeling of space. A covered south-facing balcony with a glass balustrade runs the entire length of the house on the street side. The high roof overhang and the balconies protect the house from unnecessary heating in summer. In winter, when the sun is low, just a few rays are enough to keep the house pleasantly warm thanks to the generous glazing. The architects created a pleasant country house with plenty of light and space for the young family - proving that a symbiosis of tradition and modernity can be achieved without airy-fairy, kitsch and folklore and blends in perfectly with the surroundings.

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(Published in CUBE Munich 04|23)